Sense of Community, Neighboring, and Social Capital as Predictors of Local Political Participation in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11054263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Qingwen Xu (0009-0001-2687-2099, Graduate School of Social Work Boston College 140 Commonwealth Ave 02467 Chestnut Hill MA USA, corresponding author), Douglas D Perkins (0000-0002-1838-2778, Center for Community Studies, Graduate Program in Community Research & Action, Department of Human & Organization Development, Peabody College #90 Vanderbilt University 37203-5701 Nashville TN USA, corresponding author), Julian Chun‐chung Chow (0000-0001-6401-1284, School of Social Welfare University of California at Berkeley 120 Haviland Hall #7400 94720-7400 Berkeley CA USA, corresponding author), Julian Chun-Chung Chow |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 259-271 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10464-010-9312-2 |
| PMID | 20229225 |
| OpenAlex | W2079366637 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 90 |
| References cited | 59 |
This study examines the state of sense of community, neighboring behavior, and social capital in the People’s Republic of China, and explores their ability to predict local political participation, in the form of voting in elections for Urban Resident/Rural Villager Committees. Using a nationally representative survey, rural, older and married residents and those with a primary or high school education and higher perceived socio‐economic status are more likely to participate. In rural areas, men are more likely than women to vote. For urban residents, knowing one’s neighbors is more important whereas in rural areas, neighboring behavior is more important, but both predict voting. Social capital does not generally predict Chinese people’s local political participation. Western definitions of social capital derived from theories about networking, bonding and bridging ties may be too culturally individualistic for China, whose collectivist society and agrarian kinship networks predate Communism. Simply knowing and helping one’s neighbors, rather than more abstract notions of trust, reciprocity or membership, may lead to the development of local democracy
Agrarian society · China · Civic engagement · Collectivism · Geography · Individualism · Interpersonal ties · Kinship · Political capital · Political science · Politics · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology) · Sense of community · Social capital · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Voting · Community Health and Development · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology
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